Style a tag in htmlText problem

Question

I want to show an anchor as a standard blue underlined text.
I created a style sheet in the mxml with this line:
a:link{color:blue}
and this
a {color:blue}
Nothing. All day I've been trying to make a link blue in Flex
2. Other things in the style sheet work, I changed the
background-color or the Application in the same style tag. Below
the anchor I changed Button to color:white.

Answer 1

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="absolute">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.controls.Text;
private function styleit(txt:TextArea):void
var style :StyleSheet = new StyleSheet();
var aLink:Object = new Object();
aLink.color = "#0000EE";
aLink.textDecoration="underline";
aLink.fontSize="14px";
style.setStyle("a:link", aLink);
txt.styleSheet=style;
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:TextArea width="500" height="500" id="txt1"
creationComplete="styleit(txt1)">
<mx:htmlText>
<![CDATA[
<a target="_blank" href="
http://www.google.com">blue
underlined 14px</a>
]]>
</mx:htmlText>
</mx:TextArea>
</mx:Application>